Practitioner-client relationships in integrative medicine clinics in Australia: A contemporary social phenomenon

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-12

  Grace, S ^a   Higgs, J ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health care delivery; Integrative medicine; Post modern values; Practitioner client relationships; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT RIGHT; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; READING;

AUSTRALIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 76749099723     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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